Regimental Affairs Officer

Maritime College, a founding institution of the State University of New York and the first of the nation's six maritime academies, is located on the Throggs Neck Peninsula where the East River meets the Long Island Sound. Our scenic, 55-acre campus features over a mile of waterfront with sweeping views of the New York City skyline to the west and stunning views of the sound, extending to the North Atlantic, towards the east.

Life on campus at Maritime College blends the best of two worlds: a welcoming, college town and a home in the greatest city in the world.

Within Maritime College, the School of Engineering offers ABET-accredited degrees in electrical engineering, facilities engineering, marine engineering, mechanical engineering, and naval architecture as well as training for licensure in the Merchant Marine. The School provides a unique, experiential education that prepares graduates to excel as engineers in the maritime industry and beyond.

SUNY Maritime College is committed to further strengthening its inclusive campus community, one that comprises a diverse faculty, student body, and staff. Maritime College actively seeks applications from women, veterans, individuals with a disability, and members of underrepresented groups.

Located on a scenic 55-acre waterfront campus where the East River meets Long Island Sound, SUNY Maritime College offers a unique blend of academic excellence and mariner focused style leadership training. The Office of the Commandant plays a vital role in the professional and personal development of the Regiment of Cadets, ensuring that graduates emerge as capable leaders in the merchant mariner service, maritime industry, military, and global business sectors.

Regimental Affairs Officers at SUNY Maritime College serve as key leaders and mentors within the Regiment of Cadets, providing guidance, supervision, and support to cadets across all three battalions. They enforce daily operational standards, oversee cadet discipline, rotationally manage after-hours activities, and ensure consistent application of college and Regimental policies. They play a critical role in leadership development, supporting programs such as Indoctrination (INDOC), J-START, and the Leadership Development Continuum, while also contributing to recruitment and scholarship selection efforts.

During Summer Sea Term, they participate in shipboard operations, supervise cadet conduct, and help maintain a safe, professional training environment both at sea and in port.

• Support the Commandant and Deputy Commandant of Cadets in executing regimental priorities and ensuring alignment with institutional goals.
• Assigned to the Regimental Staff, Regimental Affairs Officers serve as the primary leaders, mentors, and supervisors for cadets across all three battalions providing values-based guidance that fosters professionalism, accountability, and ethical decision‑making, while overseeing and supporting cadet activities during rotationally managed after‑hours activities with SUNY Maritime College's mission.
• Coordinate, implement, and enforce regulations and programs that support daily level operations in alignment with overarching Regimental mission objectives to include emergency and special liberty requests.
• Coordinate, implement, and enforce regulations and programs that support daily operations in alignment with overarching Regimental mission objectives to include restriction, extra duty management, and special/emergency liberty and watch bill implementation and execution.
• This position requires the ability to consistently, unemotionally, and without any deference to a particular individual, apply the standards of behavior outlined in the Regimental policies and those of the broader College in a fair and even fashion.
• Maintain confidential performance and discipline files in accordance with FERPA and institutional policies.
• Participate in on‑call rotations as an on‑call housing and residential life staff member on duty throughout the academic year (Fall/Winter/Spring).
• Prepare for and oversee the execution of the Cadet, Faculty, and Staff Random Drug Testing Program,…